Below the Radio is a compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 put together by Jason Lytle

Jason Lytle

Jason Lytle is an American musician best known for his work in the indie rock group Grandaddy. He released a solo album in 2009 and is currently in the band Admiral Radley.-Biography:...

 of Grandaddy

Grandaddy

Grandaddy was an American indie rock band, formed in 1992 in Modesto, California by singer, guitarist, and keyboardist Jason Lytle, bassist Kevin Garcia, and drummer Aaron Burtch. Guitarist Jim Fairchild and keyboardist Tim Dryden later joined the band in 1995...

, and released in 2004 by Ultra Records.

Ultra had approached Lytle via his management some time earlier with the idea, and he decided to include tracks that he considered "sleeper hits", identifying a common theme: "They all seem to have pretty conventional and familiar chord progressions. They all have vivid imagery for me with their words. There also seems to be a bit of sadness, but not necessarily despair."

The album also included a new Grandaddy track, "Nature Anthem

Nature Anthem

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Allmusic's Matt Collar stated the album "plays like a K-Tel commercial for Gen X sad sack-ism", calling it "pretty cool".

Track listing

1. Beck
   Beck
   Beck Hansen is an American musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, known by the stage name Beck...
   
    - "We Live Again"
2. Beulah
   Beulah (band)
   Beulah was an indie rock band from San Francisco, California, often associated with The Elephant 6 Recording Company.-Early Years: 1996-1998:...
   
    - "Burned by the Sun"
3. Earlimart - "Color Bars"
4. Snow Patrol
   Snow Patrol
   Snow Patrol are an alternative rock band from Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. Formed at the University of Dundee in 1994 as an indie rock band, the band is now based in Glasgow...
   
    - "Run"
5. Goldenboy
   Goldenboy
   Goldenboy is an indie rock band from Diamond Bar, California that has collaborated with Weezer's former bassist, Matt Sharp. Their second album "Underneath the Radio" was released in October of 2006...
   
    - "Wild Was The Night"
6. Giant Sand
   Giant Sand
   Giant Sand is an American rock band, based in Tucson, Arizona, USA. The name is shortened from the original Giant Sandworms, a reference to the creatures in the Dune books. Overseen by singer-songwriter Howe Gelb, its membership has shifted over the years—at times with each album...
   
    - "Bottom Line Man"
7. Fruit Bats
   Fruit Bats
   Fruit Bats is an American rock band formed in 1997 in Chicago. Noted as an early entrant into the folk-rock boom of the early 2000s, the group has had many personnel changes but revolves around singer/songwriter Eric D. Johnson.-History:In 2000, Eric D...
   
    - "The Little Acorn"
8. Home - "Comin' Up Empty Again"
9. Jackpot - "If We Could Go Backwards"
10. The Handsome Family
    The Handsome Family
    The Handsome Family is an alternative country band, formed in Chicago, Illinois.-History:The band was formed in 1993 by husband-and-wife duo Brett Sparks and Rennie Sparks and drummer Mike Werner, although the band would later revolve around Rennie, who writes the lyrics, and Brett, who writes...
    
     - "I Fell"
11. Little Wings - "Sand Canyon"
12. Pavement
    Pavement (band)
    Pavement is an American alternative rock band that formed in Stockton, California in 1989. In their career, they achieved a significant cult following, and they were called the best band of the 1990s by prominent music critics Robert Christgau and Stephen Thomas Erlewine...
    
     - "Motion Suggests"
13. Blonde Redhead
    Blonde Redhead
    Blonde Redhead is an American alternative rock band composed of vocalist/rhythm guitarist Kazu Makino and twin brothers Simone and Amedeo Pace , which formed in New York City in 1993....
    
     - "For the Damaged"
14. Virgil Shaw
    Virgil Shaw
    Virgil Shaw is an American singer/songwriter currently residing in Portland, Oregon.Virgil grew up in Fairfax, California.Virgil began his career in Arcata, CA in the late 1980s as a member of the high energy speed-pop band Brent's T.V.. He later moved to San Francisco where he played in the band...
    
     - "Twisted Layer"
15. Grandaddy
    Grandaddy
    Grandaddy was an American indie rock band, formed in 1992 in Modesto, California by singer, guitarist, and keyboardist Jason Lytle, bassist Kevin Garcia, and drummer Aaron Burtch. Guitarist Jim Fairchild and keyboardist Tim Dryden later joined the band in 1995...
    
     - "Nature Anthem
    Nature Anthem
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